ArtheosARTHEOS introduces traditional art pieces, essentially ancient works of art of Africa, whose choice and selection are based on the authenticity and aesthetic. The plastic appealing of these works, often remarkable, is systematically accompanied by a text describing the object and its origin. The authenticity of the objects, whose antiquity is undeniable, is an essential requirement to appreciate and apprehend this universal art.

Adam Tribal Artifacts This website seeks to establish relationships with both collectors and dealers alike by offering a broad range of tribal artifacts. Britain’s colonial heritage enables Adam Prout.com to source fascinating items from all over the world that have been brought back to the UK. Adam Prout.com, the only exclusively UK based tribal art website, now aims to offer these items to our clients and other interested parties all over the world. As well as selling tribal art, I am also interested in purchasing either single items or complete collections and will always consider a trade! In terms of payment, I accept Paypal, bank transfers, personal cheques or money orders but have to add a small charge for the exchange of currency. If you would like to get in touch or if you have interest in a particular item that you haven’t found on the website, please email me at adam@adamprout.com and I will let you know if I can source it for you.

Ritual messengersAfrican Treasures from Tervuren Museum. This exhibition unveiled treasures from the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium. These masks, statues, figurines and carvings from the Tervuren Museum’s vast collections — many of which had never been shown before — undoubtedly represent some of the highlights of Central African art

server1.fandm.eduThis webpage has been an ongoing semester project
for a Franklin and Marshall College Anthropology/Africana Studies class.
The goal of this project is to create an insightful and informative website
that will provide a glimpse into many of the wonderful asthetics, beliefs,
and histories of West African cultures.

Art sacré d’AfriqueVisit our african art gallery : masks, statuaries, instruments and many more…
Learn about the Fang history their rites, culture and the secret societies. For 10 years the TOSCAF association works for the developpement of Africa… Schools and hospitals equipment, educational programmes, AIDS prevention and information…

Tribal attractionWelcome on the site of « Tribal Attraction ».
I have chosen a few masks and statues to show you, for their easthetic and expressive value.
Born in the Congo and immerged in the mysteries of the african soul from a very tender age, my artistic path had sooner or later found an outview in the ancient art of the african continent.
My education in the field of graphic art and painting was a key into opening my perception of this sculptural and stylistic art which we know has shattered the foundments of the 20th century art in Europe.
The acquisition of those pieces is sometimes difficult. The possession is beneficial though they are often in transit (by selling or exchanging them). Discovery and sharing is by far the most interesting reward. Barbara Cailliau

Arts d’Australie Stéphane JacobStéphane Jacob, a graduate of the prestigious Ecole du Louvre, established the gallery Arts d’Australie · Stephane Jacob in Paris in 1996 near the Arc de Triomphe.Arts d’Australie · Stephane Jacob presents a wide selection of works (paintings, artefacts, sculptures, works on paper) by leading Australian contemporary artists.

Pace PrimitiveFounded in 1973, Pace Primitive is the tribal art department affiliated with PaceWildenstein Gallery. The gallery maintains an inventory of museum-quality African, Himalayan, Oceanic, and Native American art. Pace Primitive is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).

Hevasof GalleryHEVaSOF imports and sells the finest unique African art, African masks, Plaques, and now Benin bronze. We work directly with the best artists in historic S.W. Nigeria. Suitable for home decor, office, or collectors, we invite you to enjoy these one of a kind hand made fine art works. It is a privilege and a pleasure to bring them to you.

Kintolai GalleryKintolai Gallery was established in 1999 and traded under the name of Art Lounge until the name changed occurred at the beginning of 2001.Director, Erima Gallasch was born in Papua New Guinea with his mother being a Tolai woman and his father being an Australian man who worked in New Guinea for many years as a research scientist and teacher but with a personal passion for collecting the beautiful tribal art forms and documenting the associated ceremonies of the Oceanic region.

www.califmall.comMark Johnson started his long journey into the Asian and tribal art world collecting Central Asian Ikat Textiles in the early to mid 1970’s. Fascinated by the colors, unique designs, and technical expertise of the weavers, he went on a relentless quest to find more of these fantastic silk textiles. He traveled to Afghanistan and other parts of Asia and like many young explorers at the time, was taken by the beauty of the people and the depth of their ancient cultures. Each trip to Asia brought new discoveries and expanded interest in other cultures and artifacts. Eventually, he focused his attention on the Tribal Arts of Indonesia, especially the island of Borneo.

African dreamPrivate collection of anciant african Arts and Crafts for sale.
All objects are authentic.
Age between 60 and 250 years.
Wishes to sell the complete collection or various objects together for minimum value of 20.000€.
If interested, please take contact

Galerie ezakwantuGalerie Ezakwantu is located in the village Franschhoek, South Africa.
This site is intended to be a window into our showroom of Southern and Central African art. Beautiful objects have been assembled after years of search, fuelled by a passionate quest to discover the material culture of Africa’s cultural past.
Masks Neck Rests Spoons/Ladles Status Objects Thrones / Stools

Ghana CraftOur online shop of African handicrafts and home decoration is based in Ghana, West Africa.

We offer products representing traditional handicrafts of Ghana, such as Ewe kente cloth, African brass, wood carving of Akan stools and chests, recycled glass beads and other objects of quality for home decoration.

Fine Art Out of South AfricaGenuine African Art Works
African-Art-Work.com is proud to bring you a variety of classical and modern African art pieces. Authentic classical and modern African art is a rare commodity and, not often found in the homes of the many people who may be interested in bringing African tradition into their living space. Our African Art Gallery offers genuine African art products to all people, ranging from the novice shopper to gift buyer to certified collectors & custom orders. We have proudly served many satisfied customers since 1996.

African Tribal Art Gallery De Ruijter Van SantenGallery de Ruijter-van Santen is specialised in African Tribal Art.
We collect, buy and sell genuine pieces from all over Africa.
Most of the objects are found in European collections but we also
collect jewelry and artefacts travelling in Africa.

Gange IndiaWelcome to Ganges India – your source for the best in Indian art and handicrafts. Our website produce intricate brass sculptures, colorful contemporary and tribal paintings, marble statues, decorative boxes and other such works of art at an affordable price.

Carlos Museum’s collection The Carlos Museum’s collection of 19th and 20th century African art offers valuable insight into African artistic expressions in the variety of their forms, functions, and cultures of origin. A majority of the objects come from West Africa, with a focus on the numerous cultures of Nigeria, Benin (formerly Dahomey), and the Cameroon Grassfields. The rest are from the Equatorial Central region of the continent, located mainly in the modern state of Zaïre.

Tribal art FairThe Tribal Art fair in Amsterdam, located in a 18th century church, is an unique fair in Holland. During the art fair dealers will present many different objects like sculptures, textiles, jewelry and furniture. Not only from Africa and Oceania, but also from China, Laos and even from Mongolia and Tibet. The combination and variety of objects from these parts of the world, makes the TAF in Amsterdam a very attractive show to visit. Hope to see you in October 2006 in Amsterdam !

Clevemand museum of artGallery of sub-saharan african art
Completely refurbished, this new gallery showcases the Museum’s finest examples of art from Africa, south of the Sahara with 62 objects in wood, terracotta, brass, ivory, cloth and other media on view. The majority of works are wooden masks and figures made in West and Central Africa in the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

Maslak McLeod Gallery The Maslak McLeod Gallery has operated a fine art gallery dealing in Canadian Art for over thirty years.
The gallery specializes in Native art – Woodland, Inuit, Plains and Maritime.

Yoruba‘Yoruba’ celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Yoruba. It brings together contemporary and historic Yoruba art and crafts and allows you to explore and express your own artistic skills, as well as appreciate those of Yoruba artists past and present.

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The error is that Westerners look as African religious artifacts and call them arts. They are not art works at all as Westerners perceive them until touristic curios surfaced in the 1960s. They were not supposed to be displayed. They were sacred replicas of real people, family heads, elders, or dead people. In some tribes they were supposed to be fed, oiled and given liquid refreshment as if they were thirsty and famished persons. If you did this before going to the market you had luck and sold all your articles of trade with a super profit. The ancetors supposed to be lodged in the fetishes you oiled were the ones that gave you luck. If you were sick, you prayed to the ancestral spirits that were lodged in one of these fetishes. If they represented your dead elders, they had to be kept in a sacred shrine and not displayed or handled by anyone. It was the work of the consecrated priests or priestesses. Now the problem is someone who had seen western art and tries to look as these fetishes that were not meant to be appreciated as Western art works has a different interpretation. He, as many other tend to call them primitive because they were not as polished as Chinese, Japanese or European 3d arts. I read this in Ladislas Segy’s work and many more. I think traditional African set up has no art as Western or Chinese sort of art. They are just unique and should not even be called art work. I do not think that Christ represented on the Cross is a true form of art. May be to the Westerner, but to the Africans, it is not. African art that is remotely like that of European started in earnest in the 1950s when missionaries and some colonial teachers started teaching Africans to draw two dimensionally and to carve as was the case in Zimbabwe, the Congos, and West Africa in the 1950s. The 1950s, will be when African started having what Europeans will call real art and those would not have excited Picaso who popularized it and made a fortune out of his imitation. You will see that some of the African religious fetishes or masked are only seen when taken our of Africa as they are taboo objects for reasons I gave ahead in Africa. For example, some may not be touched by women or children or the non-initiated, so to say.

Do not hesitate to contact me for any piece of information which you could need either for any suggestion or comment that you would like to subject me. It will be always with pleasure that I shall answer you.